Face/off: Live facial puppetry

T Weise, H Li, L Van Gool, M Pauly - Proceedings of the 2009 ACM …, 2009 - dl.acm.org
Proceedings of the 2009 ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Symposium on Computer …, 2009dl.acm.org
We present a complete integrated system for live facial puppetry that enables high-
resolution real-time facial expression tracking with transfer to another person's face. The
system utilizes a real-time structured light scanner that provides dense 3D data and texture.
A generic template mesh, fitted to a rigid reconstruction of the actor's face, is tracked offline
in a training stage through a set of expression sequences. These sequences are used to
build a person-specific linear face model that is subsequently used for online face tracking …
We present a complete integrated system for live facial puppetry that enables high-resolution real-time facial expression tracking with transfer to another person's face. The system utilizes a real-time structured light scanner that provides dense 3D data and texture. A generic template mesh, fitted to a rigid reconstruction of the actor's face, is tracked offline in a training stage through a set of expression sequences. These sequences are used to build a person-specific linear face model that is subsequently used for online face tracking and expression transfer. Even with just a single rigid pose of the target face, convincing real-time facial animations are achievable. The actor becomes a puppeteer with complete and accurate control over a digital face.
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